New Party Daichi

The Shinto Daichi - Shin- Minshu (Japanese新 党 大地·真 民主, " New Party Daichi - True Democrats " or " ... democracy " ), originally for a few days Daichi - True Democratic Party (大地·真 民主党, Daichi - Shin- Minshutō ) is a political party founded in December 2011 in Japan. It was created by the merger of the regionalist one-man party Shinto Daichi the former Liberal Democrat Muneo Suzuki with several deputies who had been expelled from the Democratic Party or leaked.

Shinto Daichi

The New Party Daichi (Eng. about " New Party, broad land ' ."; New Engl party DAICHI ) was founded by representatives Muneo Suzuki of Hokkaido, who was her party chairman and after the general election in 2005 their only representative in the House of Commons. According to the report on state funding of political parties in 2005 they had 1490 members.

Suzuki, Deputy of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi Chief Secretary of the Cabinet, the LDP had 2002 after a corruption scandal, among others, to the house of the Russo- Japanese friendship (nicknamed " Muneo House " ) leave. In 2003 he founded the Shinto Daichi. She opposes neo-liberal economic policies, and advocates for the autonomy and rights of the Ainu of Hokkaido. In the upper house election of 2007, the historian and Ainu activist Kaori Tahara was the candidate of the New Party Daichi for Hokkaido, but this was not elected, despite the support of Democrats and the People's New Party. In the general election in 2009 Suzuki could keep his seat on the proportional representation block Hokkaidō. He joined after the election of the Group of the Democratic Party.

2010 Suzuki conviction was definitively confirmed because of the corruption scandals of the Supreme Court and he joined his detention in December 2010. As substitutes Takahiro Asano replaced him in Parliament, but Suzuki remained party chairman. After one year, Suzuki was released in December 2011 on parole from prison.

Start-up 2011

In December 2011, when several Democrats considering the objectives pursued by the party leader Yoshihiko Noda VAT increase leaked from the party and the Shinto Kizuna founded, the New Party Daichi also formed new. Together with several former Democrats founded the " Daichi - True Democratic Party." A few days later, the name was changed to Shinto Daichi was - Shin- Minshu submitted to the Sōmushō.

In January 2012, Asano released the fraction communion with the Democrats, the party is now a faction, but wants to vote with the government majority.